Birthday Cake
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Serves whoever brought a present...
I know there is not one kind of Birthday Cake recipe, but I remember that one of them is with nuts inside and is a big surprise to first timers when they bite into the beautifully decorated cake and expect nothing special from the taste...
This great cake is from the
cookbook – עוגות לכל עת – נירה שויאר page 52. We
have added tricks to make it easier & better
–I’m giving the improved version.
This is also the recipe for the wedding cake just quadrupled &
more.
Ingredients:
| cake: | |
| ¾ cup | pecans or walnuts |
| 100 grams | bitter chocolate |
| ½ cup | flour |
| 1 tsp | baking powder |
| 1 tsp | instant coffee powder |
| 1 cup | shredded coconut |
| ½ cup | sugar |
| 6 | egg yolks |
| 3 tbs | sweet wine |
| Pinch of | salt |
| 6 | egg whites |
| ½ cup | sugar |
| dressing for cake: | |
| 1 tsp | instant coffee |
| ½ cup | boiling water |
| 2 tbs | brandy (optional) |
| icing: | |
| 1 cup | whipping cream or Parve Rich’s |
| 2 tbs | powdered sugar |
| 1 tsp | instant coffee |
Preparation:
- Put nuts to coffee in food processor & wiz until nuts are chopped.
- Add coconut to salt & wiz until mixed.
- Whip egg whites & add sugar. Whip until stiff.
- Fold egg whites into rest of mixture.
- Pour batter into greased no 26 pan.
- Bake at medium heat 50-60 min.
- Mix dressing while cake is in the oven.
- Pour on cake when you take it out of the oven (cake should be hot).
- Cool cake & remove from pan.
- Whip together icing.
- Spread on cake.